Guitar Technology

Electrical noise — hiss, buzz and hum — is something that plagues every electric guitarist to some degree, but noise comes in a variety of forms and it is important to establish exactly which kind(s) you are experiencing in order to devise an appropriate solution.

I am a regular reader and consider myself fairly well informed, but I'm struggling to find the answer to a really simple...

With the massive strides software has made in recent years, there are now more ways to record the electric guitar...

I've got a recording of an acoustic guitar that I'm loath to re‑record, but there are several sections in which string buzz is...

I bought a Boss guitar effects processor the other day and noticed that the guitar sounds a lot better through it than it does just straight into my mixer. Also, could the sound from my mic be similarly improved by getting a stand-alone voice channel for it, rather than just putting it through the mixer?

I am having serious earthing problems which are making it difficult for me to record a clean guitar sound. All my leads are good, and I don't have this problem with any of my other equipment — just the guitar stuff. Could it be a problem with my domestic mains supply?